Arts & Entertainment

A Visit with Mrs. Potts

In honor of Women’s History Month, Ellie Carlson will portray inventor Mary Florence Potts. At the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, Mrs. Potts’ cold-handled sad iron was the toast of the fair. She spent the next two decades touring the country with a promotional lecture. Mrs. Potts  is in Chicago to appear at the Columbian Exposition. The year is 1893.

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